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Sunny Side Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102579
MRDS ID M004508
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny Side Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sunnyside
Related records 10235037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36469, 35.01141 (WGS84)
Elevation 908
Relative position 1.5 MILES SE OF OATMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Nutt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N 020W 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oatman Andesite
    Rock description Oatman Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36469, 35.01141
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • Strike N W
    Dip NE
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOW-GRADE ORE SHOOT AND LODE ON 500-FOOT LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1928 - 1930

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1928.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 112.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 6901 P. 40

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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